Method of relining motor-vehicle brake bands



R. SARDESON METHOD OF RELINING MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE BANDS Filed Nov. '25 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l BY @JWM ATTORNEY METHOD OF RELINING MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE IiANDS Filed Nov. 25 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet '2 J INVEN R Robert 5a @5071 Y M ATTORNEY Patented Apra 3?, i923.

ROBERT SABDESON, OF MIIFNTEAIGLIS, ETINNESQTA.

Application filed November 25, 1921. Serial Ito. fil'kjft.

borious and tedious an involves a relatively high labor charge. Insuch relining operation as at present effected, the rear axleof .the car is acked up and the rear wheels are removed at which time .the brake drums {fixed to the rear wheels) are also removed. The entire brake mechanism is thus exposed.

' The. actuating levers must next be loosened and disconnected and the brake-bands removed. Usually these are'caked with mud and grease and the connections are rusted and hard to take apart. Similarly, if the emergency brakes are also to be relined, their brake shoes must be removed in a like manner. The next step is to remove the old or worn brake lining from the bandusu ally by placing each band in a vise and the old rivets are cut or chiseled away and upon removal of the lining the holes in the band are cleared by a punch. The new lining is then fitted and clamped to the hand and the band is used as a template for drilling holes. New rivets are then inserted'in the alined band and lining holes and hammered against an anvil or metal surface whereby the rivet ends are flattened. The same method applies for both internal expanding bands such as are employed in practically all cars for emergency brakes and for external contracting hands employed for a service brake. After relining of the band is effected, the

brake-band must be replaced and thereafter the brake mechanism must be re-connected are removed, the old lining cut away from the brake hand without removal of such band from its mounting. An anvil is then inserted, for example, between service brake-band and the lined emergency brakeband, the new lining is then inserted be tween the service brakeoand and the anvil and is riveted to the service brake-hand. The anvil is then removed and the wheels and brake drum replaced.

The object therefore of this invention is to provide a new and improved method of relining motor vehicle brake-hands.

Other objects of the invention will more fully appear from the following description and the accompanying drawings and will be pointed. out in the annexed claims.

Inthe accompanying drawings there has been disclosed a structure designed to carry out the objects of the invention out it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the exact features shown, as n.- rious changes may he made within the scope.

of. the claims which follow.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a View in side elevationof a form of ring or anvil;

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the ring shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 IS a VIGW in side elevation of a employed to facilitate handling of the ring or anvil;

Figure 4 is a View in side elevation of a common form of internal and external brake mechanism after reznovahof a rear wheel and drum, the novel ring or anvil being here shown in section and in operative position;

form of adjustable anvil;

Figure 8 is a view in vertical section on the line 8-8 of Figure Y and Figure 9 is a persp'ecive view oi a modified form of anvil.

For the purpose of clearness and definite- -ness in explaining this invention there is shown in the accompanyin drawings a com mon form of brake mecanism, it being preferably shown after removal or" a rear wheel and its brake drum in any of the weilknown manners. -The annular plate 11 is an emergency brake rod (not shown) is old so'far as the inventor hereof is concerned and is hereby expresslv disclaimed- Such.

brake-band'l l is provided. as is .coinmon. with a lining 15 adapted to be frictionallv held against the internal face of the usual brake-drum (not. necessarvto be shown). Likewise, it is old in this art to provide a service external contracting brake-band 16 having a lining suitably. mounted and having aconnection 18 with the usual service or foot brake rod 19.

The novel anvilemydoyed in carryingout. my process consists of a fiat ring or anvil 21 preferably of substantially rigid metal. This'ring is of an eii'ective diameter equal to that of the brake-drum of the? rear wheel With which the brake-bands in plestion are associated and is preferably greater "in width than the width of the brake-band with which it is adapted to be used. lVhen the closed flat ring 21- is employed in this process there are provided a plurality or set of such rings of'varyingdiameters to be selectively used in connection with difl'erently sized brake. mechanisms of the present various makes of motor vehicles. The portion 22 (see Figure 5) of the ring which may be termed the projecting portionis preferably provided with a plurality of holes 23 therethrough, such holes being dis-posed adjacent the projecting side of the ring. Such holes '23 are adapted to receive the pin 24 by means of which the ring may be'conveniently manipulated.

This novel method or process is equally applicable to relining either the external brake-band or the internal brake-band. It will be described and explained in'eonneetion with the relining of the external brakeband. In carrying out this novel process, the rear Wheehand attached brake drum are removed in the usual manner. But the present demounting of the brake-band conneetions is not carried out. Instead, after removal of the wheel and brake drum, the old rivets which secure the oldlining, to the brake-band are cut away. as for example, by meansof a chisel and hammer and the old lining is .then easily removed from the external bralre-band while the latterremains substantially in its normal position in the vehicle. The ring or anvil 21 is then inserted between the lining 15 of the internal brake-band l3 and the externalbrake-band 1.6 and thepin 24: 1nay,'if desired be inserted in one or two holes 23 of the ring 2'] to facilitate handling of the anvil. The new lining, which has been preband.

viously cut-Ito proper length, is then inserted between the external brake-band 16 and the ring 21. Mani lestly the lining may be positioned before the anvil. If preferred. before inserting the lining it may be desirable to loosen the brake-band adjustment 'to increase the effective diameterot the brake- This is conveniently effected by ro.-' tatingthe usual adjusting wing nut 20.

After insertion of the new lining. the extcrnal brake-band is tightened snugly by any convenient means. the purpose being to hold the l flkG-llnlllg firmly Ill place (lurlng the next step which consists in securing the new lining to the brake-band. New rivets 25 are then inserted in the usual'holes provided in the external brakc band and are inwardly driven through the new lining 26 and, striking against the ring or anvil 21,. are

bent ordetlccted tightly to grip the new lining and to secure the same to the external brake-band. Preferably, brass rivets of the split type shown in Figures 5 and 6'are employed. ln'Figure 5, there is shown arivet 25 about to be driven through the usual hole'27 in the external brake-lmnd 16 and through the new lining 26 against the ring '2l'wherebythe split ends of the rivet'are deflected in both directions as shown on the left .in this figure.

The next. step, after thus securing the new lining to the brake-band, is to remove the ring or a-uvil 21 from its operative position. This is conveniently done by loosening the brake-band which had been preferably previously tightened.- The pin 24'may be employed in the manner abovc-nientioned to facilitate removal of the anvil. The band is thus ready for rel'dacement of the brake drum and wheel.

It may he noted that a separate anvil need not necessarily be. employed as the usual ln'ake-drum attached to a rear wheel may be so used in carrying out this novel proz-ess. Present types of rear-wheels have removable brake-drums and, upon separation from its wheel such drum may be used the anvil. This is unrh sirable and often impracticable as there is usually great 'ditficulty in such separation due to the fact that the bolts securing the drinn to the rear wheel are usually terminally upset over the holding nuts. However, in the case of the present connnercial form of wire. wheel construction the ln-ake-drum is separate from anvil in carrying out this process. 7

An advantageous form of anvil is shown 'in' Figure 9 wherein there is suggested the.

enn'iloyment of an arcuately shaped anvil 28 or, otherwise considered, a flat ring havmg an arcuate'portion thereof cut away.

Such arcuate anvil is operatively positioned so that the spaced ends substantially coincide with the spaced ends of the brake-bands.

other. C may be employed for this purpose.

-is here shown a fixed member comprising The advantage of this arcuate anvil is that To avoid the necessity, above-noted, of maintaining on hand at a service station or garage a set of different diametered rings, there may be provided an adjustable ring or anvil. finch adjustable anvil 29 is shown in Figures 7 and 8 wherein is illustrated an elongated flat metallic strip shaped to provide a coiled anvil. This anvil is adapted to be held at a selected diameter by means of clamps adapted retentively to hold the two end portions of the coil with relation to each Any suitable clamp or small vise There a U-shapcd metallic jaw 31 having an aperture in one portion to receive the binding screw 32 in threaded engagement therein. Rotation of the screw 32 by means of its knurled head causes the end of the screw to clamp the interposed coils of the anvil against the under flange of the aw 31.

Thus by the employment of this process,

the work attendant upon reliiiing brakebands of motor vehicles is greatly decreased, principally through avoidance of the necessity of demounting and replacement of the brake-bands themselves. These omitted steps are practically the most expensive due to the fact that in the majority of instances the brake mechanism parts are caked with hardened mud and with-grease and the connections are rusted binding them tightly to gether.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettars-Patent, isz,

'1. The method of relining a motor vehicle brake band which consists in removing-the wheel, removin the old lining from the brake-hand while the latter remains substantially in its normal position in the vehicle, and securing a new lining to the band while it remains substantially in said position.

2. The method of relining a motor vehicle brake-band which consists in removing the wheel and brake-drum, removing the old linin from the brake-band while the latter remains substantially in its normal position in the vehicle, and securing a new lining to the band while it remains substantially in said osition.

3. he method of relining a motor vehicle brakeband which consists in removing the wheel and brake-drum, removing the old linin from the brake-band while the latter remains substantially in its normal position a in the vehicle, placing a new lining in the desired relationship 'to said band, driving fastenings through said band and linin to wheel and brake-drum, removing. the old' lining from the brake-band while the latter remains substantially in its normal position in the vehicle, placing a new lining and an anvil adjacent the brake-band with the lining between the brake-band and anvil, driving fastenin'gs throu h the band and lining and against the anvil to clinch the fastenin'gs and secure the lining and band together while the latter still remains substantially in said position, and removin theanvil.

5. The method of re-lining t e brake band of a motor vehicle which consists in removing the brake drum, removin the old lining from, the brake band an re-lining it while said-brakebandis connected to its operating mechanism.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 15" da of November, 1921. R0 ERT SARDESON. 

